A family name on East 21st Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Morrises
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Morris at two addresses in 1940, all on East 21st Avenue, with the close spelling Morriss. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 90 other streets too, all listed on the Morris name's own page.
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Where the Morrises lived
- 1
1031 East 21st Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W F Morris, an engineer at the Standard Bank Building 1940
Next door in 1940: R G Reed at 1041. The block, door by door
- 2
2477 East 21st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W Morris, a pipe freight at Summerfield's 1940
- James A Morris, a fireman at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940
Next door in 1940: S Dorrell at 2457. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an engineer, a fireman and a pipe freight.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists W F Morris at 1031 East 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William F Morris there as the householder, an engineer at the Standard Bank Building. In 1940 the directory lists W Morris at 2477 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Morris there as the householder, a pipe freight at Summerfield's, with James A Morris, a fireman at the BC Coast Steamship Service.
Today
2477 East 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1031 East 21st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Morris W F1031 East 21st, p. 232
- Morris Wm F eng Standard Bk Bldg1031 East 21st, p. 442
- Morris W2477 East 21st, p. 232
- Morris Jas A firmn BCCSS2477 East 21st, p. 442
- Morris Wm pipe frt Summerfield's2477 East 21st, p. 442
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Morrises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Morris name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.